Incidents


Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Lost M/V Pacific Adventurer Containers Found – Images
Incidents

Lost M/V Pacific Adventurer Containers Found – Images

At least 24 out of the 31 containers lost from the MV Pacific Adventurer during Cyclone Hamish have been found by the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Huon

March 31, 2009
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Maritime Security Incidents

CEC Future Hijacking – VHF recording with coalition aircraft released

This is the VHF recording between M/V CEC Future and a Coalition aircraft as the vessel was being attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia back in early

March 31, 2009
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Friday, March 27, 2009
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Incidents

The Case of the Unwatched ZOC – Vessel Groundings Due To Navigational Chart Errors

Grounding incidents due to navigational chart errors may increase over the next few years, warns Maritime Accident Casebook in its latest broadcast at

March 27, 2009
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Oil Spill

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill – Economics and Risk On The 20th Anniversary

Do you have an environmental question to explore? We were recently asked to participate in a Blogger’s Roundtable discussion on the Exxon Valdez

March 24, 2009
Total Views: 369

Friday, March 20, 2009
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Popps Ferry Bridge Collapse – Incident Photos

Today, a towing vessel pushing eight barges allided with the Popps Ferry Bridge in Biloxi, Miss., causing a 150-foot section of the bridge to collapse  into

March 20, 2009
Total Views: 527

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Collision

USS Hartford and USS New Orleans – Navy Vessel Collide In Straight Of Hormuz

Information Dissemination brings us the news of the USS New Orleans and The USS Hartford colliding in the Straight of

March 20, 2009
Total Views: 338

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Polar Mist – A Modern Day Treasure Ship Lost At Sea
Incidents

Polar Mist – A Modern Day Treasure Ship Lost At Sea

POLAR MIST FOUND WITH GOLD AND SILVER INSIDE: UPDATE HERE Do Treasure Ships still sail the seven seas? We have recently been fascinated by Discovery

March 18, 2009
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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Incidents

China Sends Patrol Ship, Yuzheng 311, to South China Sea

China has dispatched a retired Chinese navy rescue vessel, the China Yuzheng 311, to patrol the South China Sea where last week the USNS Impeccable was

March 16, 2009
Total Views: 91

Friday, March 13, 2009
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Oil Spill

Pacific Adventurer – Oil Spilled Exceeds Original Estimates

Estimates for the amount of oil that spilled earlier this week after the cargo ship, Pacific Adventurer, sustained damage in Cyclone Hamishthe near Brisbane,

March 13, 2009
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Oil Spill

Poll – What Is A Fair Sentence For John Cota?

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March 10, 2009
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M/V Cygnus Ace – Incident Photo Of The Week

Boston.com tells

March 10, 2009
Total Views: 96

Friday, March 6, 2009
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Oil Spill

John Cota, Pilot Of The Cosco Busan, Pleads Guilty

First revealed on gCaptain’s Professional Mariner Forum (LINK) last week, the news is now official… John Cota, pilot of the Cosco Busan, has plead

March 6, 2009
Total Views: 200

Lifesaving Incidents

MSC Fantasia – Cruise Ship Breaks Mooring in High Winds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4M0Z_nbVk Strong winds in Palma de Mallorca, Spain caused the cruise ship MSC Fantasia too break away from her moorings,

March 6, 2009
Total Views: 217

Sunday, March 1, 2009
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Incidents

Aluminium Phosphate Pellets – The Case Of The Tablets Of Love

Photo by wheatfields Known in some countries as ‘tablet of love’, aluminium phosphate pellets used for fumigation aboard ship represent a

March 1, 2009
Total Views: 173

Friday, February 27, 2009
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Icy Mist Grounding – Incident Photo and Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8eDuX1C24 This footage, released by the Associated Press, shows a USCG helicopter flyby of the 58-foot fishing vessel, Icy

February 27, 2009
Total Views: 283

Monday, February 23, 2009
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Incidents

New Star – Russian Navy Sinks Commercial Ship

The BBC brings us this amazing, and tragic, news of the Russian Navy sinking a commercial ship last week. They tell

February 23, 2009
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
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F/V Monte Galineiro – Incident Photo Of The Week

See gCaptain’s full list of incident photos HERE Radio Canada tells

February 22, 2009
Total Views: 166

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Incidents

Press Release from NTSB Board Meeting

Read the ful synopsis HERE Via NTSB.gov Washington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that a medically unfit pilot, an

February 18, 2009
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NTSB Board Meeting on Cosco Busan Allision
Collision

NTSB Board Meeting on Cosco Busan Allision

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a public board meeting on its investigation into the Cosco Busan allision.  The goal of which, was

February 18, 2009
Total Views: 52

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Ocean Nova Incident Photos – Cruise Ship, Aground in Antarctica

(Photo: Reuters) The Bahaman-flagged cruise ship, Ocean Nova, ran aground in Antarctica’s Marguerite Bay amid high winds and rough seas Tuesday morning

February 18, 2009
Total Views: 208